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Reinsurance renewals news
Reinsurance renewals are the key points in the year when the majority of reinsurance contract renewal negotiations occur and are completed.
The reinsurance renewal seasons provide insight into reinsurance pricing, contract terms, reinsurance market positioning and the direction of future trends in the market.
Key reinsurance renewals occur at: the 1st of January, which is the biggest renewal of the reinsurance year and has a broader global focus; April 1st when Japanese reinsurance renews; June 1st for Florida reinsurance renewals; and July 1st when more US reinsurance business gets renewed.
Our reinsurance renewals news covers all of these key points in the year and we also provide analysis and insight into what to expect at upcoming renewal seasons as well.
Unprecedented or unexpected event(s) needed to turn reinsurance pricing: Survey
21st September 2018
Just over 40% of respondents to the Reinsurance News and Artemis Reinsurance Market Survey believe that at least a $200 billion+ event or series of events is needed to meaningfully turn market pricing. Reinsurance News and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister publication, Artemis, recently launched a survey designed to take ... Read the full article
Price cycles less pronounced, rates to fade out in 2019: S&P Global
20th September 2018
In the wake of Monte Carlo’s 62nd "Rendez-Vous de Septembre", S&P Global believes 2018 clearly demonstrated that price cycles have become less pronounced, reinforcing its belief that rate increases will fade out in 2019. The main reason for this pressure, S&P says, is the significant capacity of both traditional and alternative ... Read the full article
Engineering insurance rates continue downward trend: IMIA
18th September 2018
Engineering insurance rates are continuing their downward trend across all classes of business following the costliest hurricane season ever and a series of large construction claims, according to the International Association of Engineering Insurers’ (IMIA) Index 2018. The Index, which compares the movement of rates from a base point in 2010, ... Read the full article
$15bn Florence losses could support P&C pricing, says Morgan Stanley
17th September 2018
Morgan Stanley has released an insured loss estimate of between $5 billion and $15 billion for damages relating to Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in North Carolina on Thursday night, and has suggested that losses could support property and casualty (P&C) re/insurance pricing. Florence was downgraded from a Category 4 to ... Read the full article
Reinsurers acknowledge flatter pricing cycle: J.P. Morgan
14th September 2018
After speaking with reinsurance market participants at the annual meeting of the industry in Monte Carlo recently, analysts at J.P. Morgan believe there is a "widening acknowledgement that a flatter pricing cycle has emerged". During a prolonged soft market cycle, discussions at previous Monte Carlo conferences had often focused on pricing pressures ... Read the full article
Downward property cat pricing pressure expected at Jan renewals: Morgan Stanley
13th September 2018
Meetings at the recent Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendez-Vous suggest downward property catastrophe pricing pressure of flat to -5% at the 2019 January renewals, reports Morgan Stanley. Furthermore, as signified by Markel’s acquisition of Nephila, traditional and alternative capital are converging and industry consolidation should continue as global reinsurers adapt to ... Read the full article
The cycle has “disappeared,” says SCOR’s Denis Kessler
11th September 2018
Denis Kessler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of French reinsurance giant SCOR, has said that it is his “strong conviction” that the reinsurance pricing cycle has “disappeared” and is unlikely to return. Speaking during a debate on the third day of the Reinsurance Rendezvous event in Monte Carlo, Kessler acknowledged ... Read the full article
Excess capital remains dominant price driver: JLT Re’s Ed Hochberg
10th September 2018
JLT Re, the reinsurance broking arm of global brokerage JLT Group, believes an absence of reinsurance rate increases following the the catastrophes of 2017 demonstrates how excess capital has more bearing on pricing than any other factor. Speaking in Monte Carlo today at the Reinsurance Rendez-vous, the Chief Executive Officer of JLT ... Read the full article
Hannover Re expecting stable P&C prices at 1/1 renewals
10th September 2018
Hannover Re has announced that it is anticipating stability in property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance renewal prices and conditions overall for the treaty renewals at 1 January 2019. The German reinsurance giant acknowledged that the market environment continues to be challenging for P&C reinsurers, with rate increases lower than expected following ... Read the full article
Swiss Re anticipating “broadly stable” renewal rates, says CEO Mumenthaler
10th September 2018
Swiss Re is expecting reinsurance renewal rates to remain “broadly stable” given the current level of competition in the market environment, according to Christian Mumenthaler, Swiss Re’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Mumenthaler said: “After many years of price erosion in major non-life insurance markets, ... Read the full article
“Flat but functional” property cat market is new norm: Willis Re CEO
9th September 2018
A “flat but functional” pricing environment for property catastrophe is likely to become the “new norm” for reinsurers following a fairly subdued year for renewals despite high catastrophe losses in 2017, according to James Kent, Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Willis Re. Speaking at a press briefing during the first ... Read the full article
Results of our reinsurance market survey now available to view
6th September 2018
We've teamed up with our sister-site Artemis, the longest running publication focused on insurance-linked securities (ILS), to conduct a survey aimed at taking the temperature of the global reinsurance market. Hundreds of responses from identifiable participants were received, including numerous reinsurance market Chief Executive Officers and ... Read the full article
S&P maintains stable reinsurance outlook despite weak market conditions
4th September 2018
S&P Global Ratings has maintained its stable outlook on the global reinsurance sector and on the majority of the reinsurers it rates due to robust capital adequacy and disciplined underwriting, but has warned that the sector continues to face weak business conditions and fundamental challenges. The firm noted that operating conditions ... Read the full article
Reinsurance market continues to “skip along the bottom”, says A.M. Best
4th September 2018
The reinsurance sector continues to "skip along the bottom of the market" with no signs that rates are going to meaningfully improve anytime soon, according to ratings agency A.M. Best. A.M. Best's recent report on the global reinsurance landscape states that optimism over a turn in the market following the large ... Read the full article
Strong capital & consolidation drives stable reinsurance sector outlook: Moody’s
4th September 2018
Strong balance sheets and sector-wide consolidation via M&A are among the drivers for improved credit profiles of reinsurers, with Moody’s global outlook remaining stable. Higher interest rates and an increased demand from primary insurers in 2018 have alleviated some of the long standing imbalance between supply and demand whilst improving reinsurers’ ... Read the full article
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